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• • December 9, 2015 at 8:57 am #80031
    Nicklas Johansson

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    Hi
    Sometimes i make grids in indesign with dotted stroke and when i export to pdf/x-1a:2001 the stroke missmatch.
    it locks fine in indesign at full zoom but not in acrobat and it prints like the pdf. Export eps works…

    example: the stroke 0.3 pt, and dotted repetion is 0,25mm, the grid is 5x5mm.
    Dokument size 210x297mm, A4, margins left 20mm, right 5mm, top 6 mm, bottom 6mm

    Any ide’s :-)

    Nicklas, Sweden

  • December 11, 2015 at 10:29 am #80128
    Kelly Vaughn

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    Hi Nicklas,

    Can you post a link to a screenshot of the file stroke in InDesign as well as in Acrobat?

  • December 15, 2015 at 8:56 am #80187
    Nicklas Johansson

    Member

    https://sv.tinypic.com/r/2ah8tpi/9
    https://sv.tinypic.com/r/xdwb3n/9

  • December 16, 2015 at 7:33 am #80236
    Kelly Vaughn

    Participant

    It sounds like you’re using a custom stroke style. Try editing the stroke style to adjust the Dashes and Gaps (or just Gaps), and see if that helps.

  • December 16, 2015 at 8:47 am #80238
    Nicklas Johansson

    Member

    Yes it’s custom, so it works with the metric system the gaps are 0,25mm, but what i don’t understand is why it moves when i export to pdf. looks perfect in indesign…

    //Nicklas

  • December 16, 2015 at 9:23 am #80240
    Nicklas Johansson

    Member

    Here are a example: Dotted stroke 1mm thick with custom gaps of 1mm duplicated 5mm x 5mm perfect in indesign and moves in the pdf.

    https://sv.tinypic.com/r/1624a6e/9

    https://sv.tinypic.com/r/30k5zdd/9

  • December 16, 2015 at 9:41 am #80241
    Kelly Vaughn

    Participant

    That looks like a bug indeed. I was hoping I would be able to help, but I cannot. What happens if you create s second InDesign document containing just the grid and place that as a graphic into InDesign?

    Or, just create the grid in Illustrator and place it as a graphic. I think that would be the best choice.

  • December 17, 2015 at 2:20 am #80256
    Nicklas Johansson

    Member

    Tanks for your interest in this :-) duplicate circles around works… so i guess it’s something deep down in the mechanics with the stroke thingy…
    it’s a old problem that has followed me for years.

    Tanks

    //Nicklas

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